Trump, who has been an outspoken member of the “birther” conspiracy movement that believes Obama was not born in the United States, let the statement about President Barack Obama and Muslims generally stand and breezed past the question with platitudes: “Bad things are happening out there”.
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But not a problem, Carson is stylish with the use of Muslims preparing in Congress: “Congress serves as a different legend, nonetheless it depends upon whom which typically Muslim is as well as what they’re policy are, just simply because it will depend on what actually anyone says, a person know”.
He also said the politically correct statement is that Muslims are not a problem in the United States but the reality is that “some” associated with terrorism pose a worldwide threat. “In Article VI, paragraph 3, it states: “…no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States“.
“Without question, there are complex differences between the practice of the Muslim faith and our Constitution, differences that are very real and very much in conflict with one another,” spokesman Doug Watts said.
Asked specifically about Carson’s comments, Schmidt said it exposed him as an amateur politician and underscored his “total lack of understanding about the American political system”.
Democratic presidential hopeful, Senator Bernie Sander said he was “disappointed” in Carson.
“Of course a Muslim, or any other American citizen, can run for president, end of story”, said Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who leads the Democratic National Committee. Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, who had 4 percent support in the CNN/ORC poll, told CBS’s “Face the Nation” that a president´s religion shouldn’t matter but he understood the rise of anti-Islamic sentiment because “we were attacked by people who were all Muslim”.
According to Aljazeera, the US Council on American-Islamic Relations has denounced Carson’s Anti-Muslim statement by saying he should be disqualified from the presidential race. This looks like a pretty clear prejudice against Muslims.
For Trump, the election of a Muslim president was “something that could happen”.
“Taqiya is a component of Shia that allows, and even encourages, you to lie to achieve your goals”, Carson said, to the Hill. Based on this, The Atlantic concludes that one of the great Founding Fathers would be opposed to what Ben Carson has said.
I haven’t the foggiest idea what that means.
Apart from being a little less discriminatory towards Muslims, perhaps Carson should study up on the basic principles of the Constitution since he aspires to run the country someday.
Polls show that Carson, a retired neurosurgeon, is running third to Donald Trump and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina in the crowded Republican presidential field.
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“We have a problem in this country”, the unidentified man said. “I don’t know if we have to address it right now”. When the top two candidates for a major-party presidential nomination make no effort – on national television – to hide their anti-Muslim animus, Fisher’s argument is looking more and more persuasive all the time.
